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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the eligibility requirements for asylum.
Summary
This bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify asylum eligibility requirements. It would limit asylum applications to only those made at ports of entry, requiring aliens to apply for asylum only at official ports of entry rather than after entering the country elsewhere. The bill would prohibit the release or parole into the United States of aliens applying for asylum at a port of entry, requiring them to remain in custody during the asylum adjudication process. It would also prevent aliens apprehended after entering the country without inspection from applying for asylum under these provisions. The bill adds the Secretary of Homeland Security alongside the Attorney General in administering these provisions.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT)
Actions (2)
- Jan 23, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Jan 23, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 23, 2025
Mr. Moreno introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the eligibility requirements for asylum.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Refugees Using Legal Entry Safely Act” or “RULES Act”.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ASYLUM ELIGIBILITY.
Section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)) is amended—
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
“(1) Application at ports of entry.—
“(A) In general.—Any alien who arrives at a port of entry of the United States, irrespective of such alien’s status, may, only at such a port of entry, apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, as applicable, section 235(b).
“(B) Prohibition on parole or release into the united states.—Notwithstanding section 236(a)(2), an alien applying for asylum at a port of entry may not be paroled or released into the United States.”;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (B)
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking “Subject to subparagraph (D), paragraph” and inserting “Paragraph”;
(C) by striking subparagraph (D);
(D) in subparagraph (E), by striking “Subparagraphs (A) and (B)” and inserting “Subparagraph (A)”;
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
(F) by adding at the end the following:
“(D) Effect of apprehension in the united states.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any alien who is apprehended by or referred to the Secretary of Homeland Security as an alien who has entered the United States without inspection and admission or who has remained in the United States beyond the alien’s period of authorized stay.”; and
(3) by striking “Attorney General” each place it appears and inserting “Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable,”. <all>
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